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Lemon Bay, north end, near Alligator Creek, March (21FLSARA-LB-1-03) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This estuary site, maintained by the Sarasota County Environmental Services (Florida) (identifier 21FLSARA), has the name "Lemon Bay, north end, near Alligator Creek, March" and has the identifier 21FLSARA-LB-1-03. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03100201.

This site is located in Sarasota County County, Florida at 27.0316000 degrees latitude and -82.4258000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "21FLSARA-LB-1-03" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

Upstream and downstream locations

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When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

For a more detailed breakdown of data, go to the Monitoring Report at the EPA How's My Waterway Application
Characteristic Group Date Range*
Biological 1998 - 2009
Information 1999 - 2009
Nutrient 1998 - 2009
Physical 1998 - 2009
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

For the definitions of the metadata elements, please go to the Water Quality Portal user guide

Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier 21FLSARA
OrganizationFormalName Sarasota County Environmental Services (Florida)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21FLSARA-LB-1-03
MonitoringLocationName Lemon Bay, north end, near Alligator Creek, March
MonitoringLocationTypeName Estuary
HUCEightDigitCode 03100201
LatitudeMeasure 27.0316000
LongitudeMeasure -82.4258000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Differential
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 115
ProviderName STORET